5 ways to do something about urban poverty

The following “5 ways” are from Comunidad Mosáico, an organization in Mexico City, but could be applied to any ministry working with the urban poor. TELL: Expose your friends, neighbors, classmates, coworkers, relatives, and more about the issue of urban poverty. Let...
Comunidad Mosáico: A mosaic of ministry

Comunidad Mosáico: A mosaic of ministry

Comunidad Mosáico (the Mosaic Community) in Mexico City is a ministry that works toward justice and transformation in the midst of urban poverty. Here’s what they have to say about what they do and why they do it: Having seen the enormity of injustice, poverty and...

Youth as Agents of Change?

Comunidad Mosaico, a ministry I visited in Mexico City a couple of weeks ago, has launched an interesting initiative. I’ve often spoken of starting with the grassroots if you want to see real change. They’re dialed in to that reality:  they’re starting with teenagers....
My bum leg

My bum leg

On the last evening of my trip to Mexico City over two months ago, I fell down some stairs. I turned my ankle, twisted my knee and banged it. My host called a doctor, whose best medical advice was that I should get back to the U.S. and have it treated there. After...

Introducing Jean-Luc

  For the next several days on my blog, I’m going to be featuring some entries from Jean-Luc Krieg, whom I met in Mexico City earlier this summer. I know my own eyes were opened in new ways on this trip to the mission field of the urban poor, and...